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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Hanukkah Shine!

Whether it's lamps burning olive oil, or candles of various sizes and colors, or electric lights, we know Hanukkah as the Jewish festival of lights. But maybe the latest version of the Hanukkah "miracle" expressed in the cartoon below is going a little too far in trying to modernize the holiday? What do you think?

Original Artist: The MaccabeatsLyrics and Music: Julian Horowitz with Isaac Raisner and Ari Lewis

I see a light, reflection refraction;Is it nothing more than a chemical reaction;It flickers and grows, nobody knows;How much we feel how quickly it goes;

Turn off the dark and vanquish the night;Show the whole world for eight days at twilight;Then and now they fought and we fight;Fight for the right to live by our own light;

Let me see the light;Give me something to live by;Let me see the light;I need something to live by;

Help me see myself in my reflection;Shine tonight;Let me shed the light in each direction;Shining bright;I wanna see the light;

A million times the speed of sound;Fast enough to go around;the world that we live in, so much cold and strife;One little light to warm another life;

Fill the darkest night with the brightest light;Cause its time for you to shine;A little dedication, a small illumination;Just one person to change a whole nation;

Let me see the light;Give me something to live by;Let me see the light;I need something to live by;

Help me see myself in my reflection;Shine tonight;Let me shed the light in all directions;Shining bright;I wanna see the light;Is this spark that we sing of anything;Hiding somewhere in between everything;Let the colors burn in a brilliant burst;Like a shooting star falling to the earth;

Help me see myself in my reflection;Shine tonight;Let me shed the light in each direction;Shining bright